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Bluff Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307972
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.75278, 64.62168 (WGS84)
Relative position Bluff Creek is an east tributary of Arctic Creek; the mouth of Bluff Creek is about 1.5 miles down Artic Creek from the Nome-Teller road. The course of lower Bluff Creek and a small north tributary are covered by patented mining claims, although there does not appear to have been any significant placer mining. The location given is the approximate mid-point of the patented claims.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.75278, 64.62168
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Lower Bluff Creek and a small north tributary are covered by patented mining claims, although there does not appear to have been any significant placer mining. Bedrock in lower Bluff Creek is mineralized pyritic graphitic quartz schist; a bedrock sample collected on Arctic Creek (NM153) about 500 feet above the confluence of Bluff Creek contained 15 ppb gold, 1,340 ppm arsenic, and 41 ppm antimony. Bedrock in the general area of Bluff Creek was mapped as pelitic micaceous graphitic schist (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-321]; Bundtzen and others, 1994).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = This is an area of patented mining claims, possibly the patented five claims of G. Schofield reported by Heiner and Porter (1972, Kardex site Kx 52-48).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This report

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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